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Chapter One: Complications
Five Years Later…
The young girl sat on the hospital bed staring at the white wall before her. She coughed for a second and watched the doctor read her chart.
"Hello, Beth. Feeling a little under the weather?"
Beth turned her violet eyes towards the doctor and glared at her. "I told Mr. Summers I was fine. I feel fine. I don't need any medicine."
"Well, let me just have a look at you, okay?" The doctor put on a pair of latex gloves. "If you're fine like you say then I'll leave you alone. Or would you prefer Dr. McCoy or Dr. Logan?"
Beth nodded. "I guess you can do it."
Dr. Jean Grey smiled. "Open up and say, ahh…"
Beth opened her mouth and stared across the lab at the young woman watching some chemicals and jotting down notes. The young woman looked up at the chemicals and another bottle floated over and poured itself into the container. The liquid turned a bright yellow.
Beth's eyes widened. "Whoa!"
"I need you to concentrate on me, Beth, not Dr. Logan."
"Is she the chick who can't touch people?"
"No, I'm the chick who won't touch people," Nicole stated and labeled the mixture before her.
"Sorry… They talk about you. They say you and the guy they called Fury were together and he dumped you."
"We weren't together. We were friends." Nicole came to stand next to Jean, who looked annoyed with her patient. "You on the other hand look like the walking dead. What's your prognosis, Jean?"
"Well, Beth, you have a seriously nasty cold and a sore throat. I'm going to give you some antibiotics and in a week you'll be as good as new." Jean went to the medicine cabinet and gave the girl a bottle. "Stay in bed as much as possible and sleep."
"Whatever… " Beth rolled her eyes and took the bottle and left.
Jean muttered. "I'd like to smack the kids like her. She was so rude to you."
Nicole shrugged. "I get that a lot. You know that, Jean. Everyone is curious about the big bad son of the Wolverine. They've turned him into some sort of a legend."
They
walked out into the hall. "I know, but that gives them no excuse to
be rude."
"I don't mind, Jean. Really."
"I mind, Nicole."
"Listen, I'm going to run this by Hank in the lab. Don't wait up on me, huh?"
"Okay. Hey we might be boating later. Would you like to go?" Jean asked.
Nicole nodded. "Sure."
They parted ways and Nicole walked down the corridor and knelt before a door. A laser scanned her retinas and she placed her hand inside a scanner. She winced when it pricked her finger to analyze her blood. She spoke, "Logan, Nicole."
"Identity accepted. Good day, Dr. Logan."
Nicole entered the lab and smiled at the sight of the fuzzy blue doctor looking through a microscope. He peered up at her over his glasses.
"Ah, salutations and good morning, Nicole. It's a truly splendid day, is it not?"
"Is it? I haven't been outside yet."
"It's beautiful. Truly beautiful. Do you have any classes today?"
"No, just a concentration lesson with the Professor."
"They may I make the offer of a boat ride with the Summer's family? Scott is anxiously awaiting the time to sail his new sailboat and we were speculating as to the fact that you would join us." Hank offered. "We plan on stopping and swimming for a bit."
"Of course, Hank. I'd be delighted. Jean already asked me to go." Nicole sat the solution down in front of him. "Will you run this for me?"
"Of course. What is it?"
"I was working on a mixture to test for dormant X-genes in adults. I think I've got it this time."
"Superb, Nicole! I knew you'd crack it, given long enough. I'll run it this afternoon. Meet us at the docks then?"
"Of course." Nicole left the lab and headed for the main elevator.
Nicole… will you come to my office please? The Professor's voice sounded in her mind.
Of course.
Nicole headed for his office, barely missing racing teenagers in the process. She entered and smiled. "Good morning, Professor."
"Good morning, Nicole. I have a few new students I'd like you to meet. This is Dr. Nicole Logan or Mindfire as she aptly referred to. She is telepathic and telekinetic… much like you, Simon."
"I also can drain energy and memories with a touch." Nicole smiled at the three students. "Welcome to Xavier's."
The pretty blonde girl laughed and launched herself into Nicole's arms. "My brother was right. You are the most beautiful woman in the world!"
"Aiko? Oh, you've grown! Look at you!" Nicole hugged the girl back.
"Mom and dad sent me to Xavier's. I started to blow up the TV with electronic pulse waves on accident."
"Oh, sweetheart." Nicole smiled. "I missed you."
"Since you already know Aiko, I'll introduce you to the others. This young man is Simon. He's a telekinetic and he'll be in your concentration classes and this is Tyler. He's a shape shifter and I'm going to see to his classes personally. Aiko will be under Jubilee's care."
"You will love it here, I promise." Nicole hugged Aiko close to her. "We're like a big family here."
"I'll be taking Simon and Tyler to their rooms. I figured that you and Aiko would like some time together." The Professor led the boys away and Aiko and Nicole headed down the hall.
"I miss you, Nicole. I think Dom does too. He just doesn't show it."
"How is he?"
"Good. He has a new … I guess she's be his girlfriend. I caught them making out in the hall the other day. I don't like her. She's rude."
"Really?"
"Are you still with that guy that my brother calls Abercrombie?"
"His name is Darryl. Yes, we are still together."
"Man, Dom really doesn't like him. He always bitches whenever mom tells him anything about you and him."
"Aunt Nicole!" a small body hurtled it's self into her arms. A miniature version of Logan smiled up at her. "I haven't seen you all day!"
"Well, I've been busy all day, Gavin."
"Aunt Nicole!" Another small body launched itself at her. "I'm going to kick Gavin's butt! He keeps trying to pull my hair!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!" the small girl fought back.
"Gavin Nicholas and Domini Charlotte!" a gruff voice snarled and Logan appeared in a doorway. "Leave Nicole alone and be quiet. You'll wake up your mom."
"Too late," Rogue yawned and wrapped her arm around his middle. His free hand went to her extended belly.
"Sorry, darlin'. I tried."
"It's okay. Why don't you two go outside to play?" Rogue told her twins and they raced outside. "Hello, Aiko! You've grown up!"
"Yeah, Dom said pretty soon I could take him in a fight." Aiko laughed.
"How is he?"
"Stubborn as usual. He gets it from you," Aiko said, glaring at Logan.
Logan smirked.
Nicole looked down at her watch. "I've got to go. I have to get ready for Scott and Jean's boating thing! I'll see you later, Aiko. We'll go out, okay?"
Aiko nodded and waved as Nicole raced away to her room.
"She misses my brother, doesn't she?"
Rogue nodded. "Yeah."
The car came barreling down the road, but he held his ground. Someone screamed for him to move, but he stayed and braced himself. The car hit and the car's front crunched against his body. The driver stared out in terror at the man splayed across his hood. Blood was everywhere and the man's skull was split open. Twin claws shot out from the man's knuckles and the driver yelled. Slowly, the man's skull knit itself back together and he pushed himself up to glare at the driver.
"Don't you know to stop when someone is standing in the road?" With that, he punched his fist into the window and grabbed the man, dragging him from the car. A cloud of purple smoke appeared beside him and there stood a lavender skinned woman.
"Dom, let's take him to Daniel." She took a hold of his arm and teleported. Next thing, he knew he was in the MLF base and he turned and growled at the lavender woman.
"Damn it Blink, you know I hate it when you do that!"
"Details, details." Blink took the man from the car by the arm and led him now the hallway to Daniel, who was waiting in their war room.
When Blink brought the man in, Daniel's black wings flared. "What happened?"
"This punk tried to run Dom over with his car. He works for Humanity First."
"Let me go! This is kidnapping!" The man squirmed in her grasp.
"No, you'd have to be a kid for this to be considered, kidnapping. This is abduction," Daniel said and motioned for Blink to sit the man down in a chair. "How's Dom?"
"I'm fine." Dom stepped into the room. "I'll heal. I caught this little punk messin' with some mutant girl in an alley. Trying to get her to go with him to his 'home' for mutants."
Daniel raised an eyebrow.
"He called it the Morten House for Youngsters. Blink checked it out and it's a warehouse with an underground holding pen for mutants. We got them out and Foxx is taking them to Belle's."
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" Daniel turned to the man in the chair.
"I won't tell you a thing!"
"Really?" Daniel turned to where Yuriko sat across the room. "Deathstryke. Finish him."
Yuriko jumped up on the table and advanced on the man, her talons slowly extending. She jumped on him and perched on either side of him, her talons gently scraping his face.
"Okay! Okay! We were trying to capture a mutant to infiltrate into Xavier's."
Dom's head snapped up. "What?"
"We want to bring down his school from the inside. We're hoping that we can show the world just what his school really is! A training zone for militant mutants! Soon our registration act will pass and you will all be in camps and be used to do our bidding! You dirty, nasty muties! I hope you all get gassed at the first camp you hit!"
Dom snarled and released his claws. "I'll kill him!"
James grabbed Dom's arm. "No. We need him for questioning. I suggest we go to Xavier and warn him. Humanity First is planning something big. I know it."
Dom growled and left the room to pack his bag. Daniel raised an eyebrow.
"Blink, take our friend here to the holding pens downstairs. Everyone else pack up. We're heading for Xavier's."
"How comes your infiltration of Xavier's?" the older man asked Darryl as they walked down a dark hall.
"Well, Mr. Roberts, it's painstaking, pretending to love a mutant. I'm still working on getting into their inner circle, but they aren't very trusting. It's hard working around a telepath." Darryl shuddered. "Sometimes I feel like they see into my soul."
"They would my boy if it weren't for that neural device we planted into your body." Roberts stopped walking. "The MLF are closing in. You need to act fast. What is your plan?"
Darryl grinned. "If I told you, I'd have to kill you. Don't worry. Fort Future will be safe I promise."
Nicole stepped into her class room and instantly the talking stopped for a moment and new whispers began. Nicole groaned inwardly. She knew they were about her. She stopped at her desk and smiled at the class.
"My name is Dr. Nicole Logan. The reason you all were assigned to this class is that you all have one thing in common."
"We're mutants?" One kid snickered.
"Exactly, but you all share the same gift. Telekinesis." She picked up a box from under her desk and set it on top. "I'll be teaching you to control your powers and we'll be starting with these."
She dumped the box out on her desk and spoons clattered everywhere.
"We're bending spoons?" A boy in the back scoffed. "Sorry Dr. Logan, but we can handle that."
"Oh?" Nicole raised an eyebrow and held up a spoon. She concentrated and the spoon began to bend sideways. She concentrated harder and the spoon began to wave and ripple and dance. The boy's jaw dropped as she stopped, the spoon permanently rippled. "So you can bend spoons like me, huh?"
The kid shook his head and she smiled."Everyone come up and grab a spoon."
Xavier and Jean watched from the doorway.
"She's going to be a wonderful leader for this school," Jean stated.
"I spoke with Eric. He seems to think I made a wise choice also."
"He knows great power when he sees it." Jean followed Xavier as he rolled towards his office. "Professor, I wanted to speak with you about Alkali Lake."
"You're worried."
"Yes. I shouldn't have survived that. When I lifted the Blackbird… I felt power… Extreme power."
"I see. Perhaps you'll let me enter your mind and we can see what this power is. Perhaps your mutant abilities are evolving."
"No, professor, it's something new and foreign." Jean hugged herself. "It subsided when I had Evan, but I can feel it more and more everyday. I feel like it could take over."
"I see. Come with me and we'll investigate this further, Jean."
Rogue balanced a bowl of salsa on her extended stomach and was dipping tortilla chips into it, while watching a hockey game. Logan walked into the room and raised an eyebrow.
"What? I had to find some use for it besides just staking up space."
He laughed and sat down beside her. "Whose playing, darlin'?"
"The Ice and the Rangers. Where are the twins?"
"Playing with Evan. Scooter's watching them so you and I can have some alone time."
Rogue's eyebrow raised. "Oh?"
"Yeah… I'm heading for our cottage… Interested."
"Need you ask?" She handed him the salsa and headed for the door. She ran into Jubilee.
"Steady on chica! Where are you heading in such a hurry?"
Logan growled. "We were heading for our place."
"Well that'll have to wait. Guess who's in the Professor's office right now?"
"Who?" Rogue asked.
"Abercrombie." Jubilee grinned. "I'm having Kitty eavesdrop. Wanna come?"
Rogue glanced at Logan and he shook his head. "Go."
She and Jubilee raced down the hall to where Kitty sat outside the Professor's office. Kitty looked miffed.
"He knew I was here and told me to back off..."
The door opened and the Professor and Darryl came out. Darryl shook his hand and walked on down the hallway.
"What was that about?" Jubilee asked.
"I'm sure you'll find out in due time, Jubilee." Xavier laced his fingers together. "Or you could follow him."
The three girls looked at one another and raced down the hall. Logan came trudging up and frowned. "They follow him?"
The Professor nodded and Logan went in the direction the girls went. The Professor frowned.
"Incoming!" Gambit yelled and dodged the Volvo that flew through the air towards him. "Listen, chere! I know you get mad when Gambit drinks the last beer, but this is ridiculous!"
Nicole laughed and lifted the Volvo with her mind again. "Sorry, Remy. Simon and I were working on his telekinesis. Now try again, but focus. I'll hold it up, and I want you to open the doors."
The little blonde boy stared at the suspended automobile and the driver's side door slowly opened.
"Great work, Simon! That was really good. Now I want you to try-"
Nicole, I need you to come inside to the foyer, Xavier spoke in her mind.
Nicole lowered the car. "I've got to go talk to the Professor. We'll work more later, okay?"
Simon nodded and Nicole left him to head inside. She stepped into the foyer and gasped when she saw Darryl.
"What are you doing here? I thought our date wasn't until tomorrow?"
"No, I'm here on another matter, dear." Darryl smiled and dropped to one knee. He pulled out a ring box from his pocket. "Nicole, will you marry me?"
Nicole's eyes widened and her gloved hand went to her lips.
"Well, Nicole. Will you be my wife?"